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By: A K TIWARY Noida-Greater Noida Expressway continues to attract investors, buyers and realtors owing to the infrastructure and good connectivity of the area. Demand for residential and the commercial property on this stretch, which further connects to the 165km-long Yamuna Expressway , is increasing at a fast pace. Residential sectors have developed on both sides of the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. The main advantage of living along this passage is the rapid access to Noida and Delhi through one side and to Greater Noida through the other.

MUMBAI: Robust realization from its real estate business and commissioning of its expressway led Jaypee Infratech to post a robust result for the September 2012 quarter. Despite higher interest outgo on account of commencement of the expressway, its net profit margin was 25% which is healthy in its line of business. Yamuna Expressway is the sole project being developed by Jaypee Infratech. The project consists of construction and tolling for 36 years of six-lane 165 km road connecting Noida to Agra.

Two men in Noida will, in all probability, wear a big smile on Sunday. One, Formula One (F1) boss Bernie Ecclestone who turns 82 on that day. Two, Sameer Gaur, the man who heads Jaypee Sports International (JPSI), which operates the F1 track at the Jaypee Sports City in Greater Noida. A few years ago when the Gaur family, promoters of the Jaypee Group, first talked about setting up a racetrack to host F1 in India, many scoffed. That changed in 2009, when the Gaurs signed a 10-year deal with F1's controlling body, FIA , to build the circuit and hold the event and then followed it up by getting the track ready in two years flat.

GREATER NOIDA: Yamuna Expressway and DND Flyway will be toll-free on Sunday, the final day of Formula one racing event. "Vodafone has tied up with Delhi-Noida-Delhi (DND) flyway authorities to make the flyway toll-free on the final day of the event on October 28 (Sunday), Yamuna Expressway project spokesman Anwar Abbasi said today. Toll-free timings would be from 8am to 10 pm, Anwar Abbasi, spokesperson said today adding toll-free movement would be available only through Noida toll plazas.

NEW DELHI: Recurring blowouts on the Yamuna Expressway and the resultant accidents have raised safety concerns among tourists and other users headed for Agra. But experts say the higher-than-usual rate of tyre failure on the expressway results from high speed and the cement-concrete road surface. About 85% of the road is built with cement-concrete , which causes greater heating than bitumen used in city roads. So, the faster you drive, the greater the chance of a tyre overheating and bursting.

ALIGARH: A series of road accidents ever since the much-awaited Yamuna Expressway was thrown open last month has raised concern among authorities, who are planning for steps to check over-speeding and penalise the offenders. At least seven persons have lost their lives in separate road mishaps that have taken place on the highway since it was opened for public three weeks back, officials said. Most of the accidents have taken place between Greater Noida and Agra. Holding over-speeding as the main cause behind most of these accidents, officials blame it on absence of proper speed checking equipment on the highway behind violation of speed norms.

It was a great week for homebuyers in Noida Extension. The NCR Planning Board has finally given its approval to the Greater Noida Master Plan, which includes the development of Noida Extension. A few weeks ago, the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh opened the 165km-long Yamuna Expressway, between Greater Noida and Agra, to the public. These two decisions — the opening of the Yamuna Expressway and the approval of the Greater Noida Master plan, paving the way for the resumption of construction at Noida Extension — will go a long way in improving the investors' sentiments in Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway.

LUCKNOW: With a view to complete the ambitious Agra-Lucknow eco-friendly expressway in time, Uttar Pradesh government today reviewed the project's draft concept report and finalised the alignment, official sources said. The State Public Private Partnership Monitoring Committee (PPPMC), headed by Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) Anil K Gupta, reviewed the draft concept report submitted by consultant M/s Redicon India Pvt Ltd and finalised the alignment for the expressway.

LUCKNOW: The alignment of the ambitious Agra to Lucknow expressway was finalised by the state government on Monday. A team of officials led by Infrastructure and Industrial Development Commissioner , Anil Kumar Gupta reviewed the draft concept report prepared by consultant Redicon India and finalised the alignment of the greenfield expressway to be built under the Public Private Partnership on the 'minimum distance formula'....

God has been kind, says Manoj Gaur every time you meet him. Before every meeting, the executive chairman of the Jaypee Group also pays tribute to many goddesses, whose photographs and idols dot his office. He certainly needs all the blessings to manage the behemoth that the Jaypee Group has now become, and also to deal with the Rs 45,000 crore debt of the group. The last one year has given the 46-year-old two occasions to feel proud: the successful completion of the Formula 1 on the newly-laid track, and, now, the opening of India's very own autobahn, the 185-km Yamuna Expressway.